The House of the Wolfings

THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS

A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS AND ALL THE KINDREDS OF THE MARK WRITTEN IN PROSE AND IN VERSE

by William Morris


 * Whiles in the early Winter eve
 * We pass amid the gathering night
 * Some homestead that we had to leave
 * Years past; and see its candles bright
 * Shine in the room beside the door
 * Where we were merry years agone
 * But now must never enter more,
 * As still the dark road drives us on.
 * E'en so the world of men may turn
 * At even of some hurried day
 * And see the ancient glimmer burn
 * Across the waste that hath no way;
 * Then with that faint light in its eyes
 * A while I bid it linger near
 * And nurse in wavering memories
 * The bitter-sweet of days that were.

Contents

 * /CHAPTER I/—THE DWELLINGS OF MID-MARK
 * /CHAPTER II/—THE FLITTING OF THE WAR-ARROW
 * /CHAPTER III/—THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE WOOD-SUN
 * /CHAPTER IV/—THE HOUSE FARETH TO THE WAR
 * /CHAPTER V/—CONCERNING THE HALL-SUN
 * /CHAPTER VI/—THEY TALK ON THE WAY TO THE FOLK-THING
 * /CHAPTER VII/—THEY GATHER TO THE FOLK-MOTE
 * /CHAPTER VIII/—THE FOLK-MOTE OF THE MARKMEN
 * /CHAPTER IX/—THE ANCIENT MAN OF THE DAYLINGS
 * /CHAPTER X/—THAT CARLINE COMETH TO THE ROOF OF THE WOLFINGS
 * /CHAPTER XI/—THE HALL-SUN SPEAKETH
 * /CHAPTER XII/—TIDINGS OF THE BATTLE IN MIRKWOOD
 * /CHAPTER XIII/—THE HALL-SUN SAITH ANOTHER WORD
 * /CHAPTER XIV/—THE HALL-SUN IS CAREFUL CONCERNING THE PASSES OF THE WOOD
 * /CHAPTER XV/—THEY HEAR TELL OF THE BATTLE ON THE RIDGE
 * /CHAPTER XVI/—HOW THE DWARF-WROUGHT HAUBERK WAS BROUGHT AWAY FROM THE HALL OF THE DAYLINGS
 * /CHAPTER XVII/—THE WOOD-SUN SPEAKETH WITH THIODOLF
 * /CHAPTER XVIII/—TIDINGS BROUGHT TO THE WAIN-BURG
 * /CHAPTER XIX/—THOSE MESSENGERS COME TO THIODOLF
 * /CHAPTER XX/—OTTER AND HIS FOLK COME INTO MID-MARK
 * /CHAPTER XXI/—THEY BICKER ABOUT THE FORD
 * /CHAPTER XXII/—OTTER FALLS ON AGAINST HIS WILL
 * /CHAPTER XXIII/—THIODOLF MEETETH THE ROMANS IN THE WOLFING MEADOW
 * /CHAPTER XXIV/—THE GOTHS ARE OVERTHROWN BY THE ROMANS
 * /CHAPTER XXV/—THE HOST OF THE MARKMEN COMETH INTO THE WILD-WOOD
 * /CHAPTER XXVI/—THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE WOOD-SUN
 * /CHAPTER XXVII/—THEY WEND TO THE MORNING BATTLE
 * /CHAPTER XXVIII/—OF THE STORM OF DAWNING
 * /CHAPTER XXIX/—OF THIODOLF'S STORM
 * /CHAPTER XXX/—THIODOLF IS BORNE OUT OF THE HALL AND OTTER IS LAID BESIDE HIM
 * /CHAPTER XXXI/—OLD ASMUND SPEAKETH OVER THE WAR-DUKES: THE DEAD ARE LAID IN MOUND